Author Archives: kc dyer

In which Lainie comes to the end of her story, with perhaps a tiny moment of triumph she has been until now denied…                                 More soon…. [but not of Lainie!] ~kc

… being the Scribetacular Summer Scramble, the July word-race-to-the-death [or…to the pain???] that I am engaged in with the weirdly energetic Corporal Tyner Gillies. I’m not sure what’s in his coffee, but he got off to an astounding start, and I have been playing catch-up ever since. [My venerable old tortoise to his hopping hareContinue reading “#SSS2012 Update…”

In which Lainie remembers a blinding light from her youth, and it manifests before her eyes…   [This is the penultimate episode of Elaine’s story. We’ll finish it next week, I hope.         More soon…     ~kc

As a writer, I get asked to critique other people’s work all the time. I used to do a lot more of it than I have time for these days. And, I have to admit, a whole lot of people ask me once and then so dislike the result they never ask me again. IContinue reading “Thoughts on…the critique”

  In which a cosmologist describes what happens when a solar flare meets a geomagnetically-teetering planet. Spoiler: nothing good. Hope you enjoy this little foray into the post-apocalyptic for your Bedtime Story this week.       Sweet dreams!           More soon… ~kc

Lots going on in the writing community this summer. I’ve got a quick article up with the Winnipeg Review to give you some great ideas for summertime Y/A reading, featuring stories by Jacqueline Pearce, Eileen Cook and Tanya Lloyd Kai — all amazing storytellers. Speaking of storytelling, as I type this, I’m sitting in TheContinue reading “Summer Events, 2012”

        In which our heroine deals morosely with the life passing before her eyes, sickened at the shadows of others’ happiness. Until she spies an interesting new face…             [So, I actually took this picture about four years ago, in the land of Elaine. Can you guessContinue reading “Bedtime Story: ELAINE, Chapter Two, pt 4 & Chapter Three, pt 1”

…to all my wonderful American friends. And in the spirit of the day, please enjoy the following happy, geeky celebration [via the wonderful Geek & Sundry]       More soon…   ~kc

This is Tyner Gillies.       He’s a friend of mine, and a writer. When he’s not writing, he spends his time taking down bad guys, as a Corporal in the RCMP.     When he _is_ writing, he’s busy doing stuff like this:  [That’s him with bestselling authors Jack Whyte and Diana GabaldonContinue reading “Scribetacular Summer Scramble”

In which Lainie watches the Knights fly by, two by two, and realizes that she herself has never received a token, even as small as a single flower.                   More soon….   ~kc